Iran Bans Major Websites.

Iran yesterday shut down access to some of the world's most popular websites. Users were unable to open popular sites including Amazon.com and YouTube following instructions to service providers to filter them.

Similar edicts have been issued against Wikipedia, the internet encyclopaedia, IMDB.com, an online film database, and the New York Times site. Attempts to open the sites are met with a page reading: "The requested page is forbidden."

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Posted by: Howie at December 04, 2006 05:03 PM

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Back in the 70s the Egyptians had a saying. "The Palestinians are willing to fight for their homeland to the last Egyptian."

Having grown up with the children of Iranian refugees and watching the nightmare that Iran's government has become - I can appreciate the sympathy for Iranians. The thing is, if they want their freedom - if they want to get rid of the corrupt Theocratic Overlords that run their lives - then they will have to do what free people have always done. They will have to fight for it.

The demographic profile of Iran is stunning. It is an exceptionally young country. If they want their Iran back, the Iran they want, then earn it. If they are waiting for the US and any of the aging cowards in Europe we like building coalitions with to band together to overthrow the Mullahs - then they are fools. Lazy fools at that.

I know; mean, tough words. I could use worse, but I have too much respect for Iranians on the whole. Funny thing, of all the navies in the PERSIAN Gulf, the Iranian Navy was always one of the most polite and professional. Nothing personal.

No, I don't take the "Free Iran" serious as a movement until they put down their video software and mouse; and take up the gun.

The American people, I am afraid, at this point have had a generational fill of "Wars of Liberation."

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'If they are waiting for... the aging cowards in Europe..." Hmm.
I frequent this blog partly because I like an alternative spin on the news, and partly because I happen to like Americans, and the American way of life. Not so much the governmental side, which I feel is perhaps a little too involved with big business, but the people - proud, independent, warm-hearted, and fiercely loyal. I've never known a quiet American - and I mean this as no insult. Five minutes after meeting one, you'll be chewing the fat over this, that and the other, as if you'd known him or her for years. It's nice, and a refreshing change from British reserve.

With that all said - I suppose I am, now, technically a part of Europe, and these continual assertions that we are all variously fat, lazy, old, gay, lefty, cowardly, weak, islamophilic, workshy, and generally not worthy of the air we breathe are starting to grow tiresome.
I will happily offer anyone who genuinely believes in the above the opportunity to discover, first hand, that we're not all the limp-wristed poofters you'd have us be. Given that you'd have to travel, I'll even chip in for the flight.
One-way, of course - you'll be going back as freight.

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With that all said - I suppose I am, now, technically a part of Europe

You have to realize that most of the Euros who visit our sites do
nothing but trash us so we just vent back in that general direction. We
certainly don't hate America because half of us are variously fat,
lazy, old, gay, lefty, cowardly, weak, islamophilic, workshy, and
generally not worthy of the air we breathe. (thats the democrat party)
So we certainly would not think all of you are that way.

But I would take you up on the free ticket if you want to have a beer drinking contest. MMMMMMMM.....BEER!

Posted by: Randman at December 04, 2006 10:01 PM

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"Europeans"
Nope. My only instance of smiteing at Joe Public was an accident. I am a fan of many things English. (Not gun control, but I doubt that's Joe's fault)

Joe, its true we are sloppy Americans when it comes to tossing Europe around as a sludgy doomed swamp of self denial. But I do believe that we (most of us) hold out hope for the continent even. I have seen a lot to encourage me the last few months. People in the UK making a noise, and rocking the boat. That's great :)

I wish you would post more often, since it is good to hear about the UK from someone who is for saving it. We have wusses over here in the states as well. Like in the UK, I'm sure they don't define the populace at large. Nobody here should get to holier than thou about the Islam thing. It needs settled down, and soon. By men on both sides of the water.

Look at Europe's demographics. Look at the fact that France, Italy, Germany and Spain won't even fight in Afghanistan - they will stay in the North and West nice in relative safety. Only the US, UK, Canada and The Netherlands will. The UK is, from my perspective, part of the AngloSphere. Partially in Europe, but mostly still Anglo-Saxon. The Netherlands only has a population of ~17 million or so. That is it. Oh, wait. The 5 million Danes have a few hundred soldiers fighting.

Europe does not have the strategic lift to fight anywhere. Even if they had the will, which they don't, they do not have the way to fight anywhere.

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Sad thing is, by all accounts (alright, not *all* - by the five or six ex-soldiers/marines I chat to at the pub) the Italian and French special forces are actually quite good. I've no idea why they don't get stuck in. I wish they would.I suspect the Frogs would, if they could, but their society is pretty edgy at the moment. They have a huge right-wing underclass, and a massive muslim population - if they really got involved in all of this, it'd all kick off back home. Bit of a no-win situation for the government. I might even feel sorry for them, if they weren't french....

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My mind is like a complete blank, but so it goes. Basically nothing seems important, but I guess it doesn't bother me. I've just been letting everything wash over me , but pfft. I haven't been up to anything. Such is life. I can't be bothered with anything.

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More or less nothing seems important. I've just been letting everything happen without me recently. I can't be bothered with anything recently, but such is life. My life's been generally bland today. Not much on my mind these days, but eh.

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I haven't gotten anything done today. My life's been dull today, but shrug. I can't be bothered with anything recently, but oh well. I've just been sitting around doing nothing. What can I say? So it goes.

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I've basically been doing nothing to speak of. Pretty much nothing exciting happening. I haven't been up to anything lately. My life's been really bland these days, but it's not important. Not much on my mind today.

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I've basically been doing nothing worth mentioning. Not that it matters. I just don't have anything to say these days. I've just been hanging out waiting for something to happen. Not much on my mind these days.

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My life's been basically boring. Not much on my mind today. I've just been letting everything pass me by recently, but such is life. Basically nothing seems worth bothering with, but eh. It's not important. I've just been hanging out doing nothing.

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My mind is like a void, not that it matters. I've more or less been doing nothing to speak of. I've just been sitting around not getting anything done, but so it goes. Not much on my mind worth mentioning. I've just been letting everything happen without me lately, but it's not important.

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I can't be bothered with anything lately. Such is life. Basically nothing seems worth thinking about. I've just been staying at home not getting anything done. I haven't been up to anything today, but oh well. I haven't gotten much done lately.

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I've just been sitting around not getting anything done. I've just been letting everything wash over me these days. My life's been basically unremarkable lately. Pretty much nothing seems important, but so it goes. I've pretty much been doing nothing to speak of.

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